judgy-pants

noun

An excessively judgmental person.

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Meanings

nounjudgy-pants (plural judgy-pants)
  1. attributivederogatoryslangsometimesAn excessively judgmental person.

    I don't want to be an awful judgy-pants about this, obviously.

    2013 June 30, Lauren Laverne, “Lauren Laverne on style: flat shoes”, in The Guardian
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    Parenting is hard enough without having judgy-pants people interfering.

    2011, Colleen Bezeau, "Editor's Note", Okanagan Child, Summer 2011, page 5

    Well, at least one kid might not suck, I think, ever the judgy-pants snob-a-rina, silently snarking in the third row.

    2011 October 26, Dani Katz, “An Un-Sucky Surprise”, in Santa Fe Reporter

Origin

From judgy + -pants.

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